Relationship Among Ideas:
1. Identify and explain any opposing claims Jefferson anticipates. What counterarguments does he offer? How do
these relate to his overall argument?
Author’s Methods:
2. What is life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness?
3. What claim does Jefferson make in the
first paragraph of the Declaration, and what support does he say he will
provide? Does he then provide adequate support?
4. What claims does Jefferson make about governments? How do these
claims impact his argument?
5. What is the effect of Jefferson’s use of the word “duty” in the
second paragraph?
6. What is the persuasive effect of his language in the closing
paragraphs?
Drawing an Inference:
7. Can we infer anything about
Jefferson’s intended audience based on his diction?
Structure:
8. Looking back over the entire text, what is distinctive about the
structure of Jefferson’s argument? How does the structure contribute to the
impact of the argument?
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